Legislator seeks community comments on school safety

A state lawmaker is seeking comments and ideas from parents, teachers and other school workers on how to make schools safer.

State Rep. John Schroder, R-Covington is chairman if the Select Committee on Homeland Security.

Schroder, whose committee held a hearing last month to learn about the issue, said he wants to hear from educators and parents.

“Those are the voices being left out of the conversation,” he said. “I’m asking parents, educators and administrators from across the state to contact my office directly with their concerns and suggestions. We need to hear from them.”

Typically, legislators seek input through public committee hearings.

“I understand that many people cannot make a committee hearing during the middle of the day, so I want to do all I can to hear from our citizens; their ideas are importan," he said. "The safety of our children requires us to take every step we can to learn more.”